JJ's quote about Fontana?

alberttrombone · 2021-05-04 1:24 p.m.

Hello everyone!

Do you know the source of this quote from J.J.?

"To sit in the audience and witness a Carl Fontana performance is a mind-blowing experience."

It appears in Tom Everett's article "Master of Bebop" (ITA Journal vol 21 nº1 page 17)

Thanks!!

baileyman · by **baileyman** » 2021-05-04 3:29 p.m.

Sorry, no, but it does make perfect sense to me.

Doug_Elliott · by **Doug_Elliott** » 2021-05-04 4:34 p.m.

I don't know either but I'd bet he interviewed JJ.

I know that JJ played at the Nashville ITW in 1988. I'm not sure but I think that was the only time he was there

alberttrombone · by **alberttrombone** » 2021-05-07 3:30 a.m.

Yeah, there is a fragment of ten minutes of an interview from 1972, but it's not complete...

I'll keep digging, thanks!

Massimo69 · by **Massimo69** » 2021-07-28 7:53 p.m.

A cd of Johnny Mandel live in Japan you can hear JJ and Carl playing together

mattmce · by **mattmce** » 2022-02-17 4:44 p.m.

[quote="Massimo69"]A cd of Johnny Mandel live in Japan you can hear JJ and Carl playing together[/quote]

I would love to hear that. Do you have any details? Name of the album? Google wasn't showing anything.

Massimo69 · by **Massimo69** » 2022-02-19 2:24 a.m.

Are porgy and bess but was a japan cd pratically impossible to found I have on files... Somewhere on pc

kingsk1117 · by **kingsk1117** » 2022-02-19 9:57 a.m.

Here is a link to the info, but not the audio.

<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.discogs.com/release/9177078 ... y-And-Bess">https://www.discogs.com/release/9177078-Johnny-Mandel-The-Jazz-Soul-Of-Porgy-And-Bess</LINK_TEXT>

mattmce · by **mattmce** » 2022-02-19 1:40 p.m.

Wow - that sounds amazing. A trombone battle between Carl and JJ? And Jimmy Knepper too? Hopefully it sees the light of day someday. I'd love to hear that.

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JJ's quote about Fontana?